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Plague Inc. earns about
$1.21M/month
range $665.6K – $1.75M · $14.52M/year
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Per Day
$40.3K
$22.2K – $58.5K
Per Week
$282.4K
$155.3K – $409.5K
Per Month
$1.21M
$665.6K – $1.75M
Per Year
$14.52M
$7.99M – $21.06M
Lifetime
$36.31M
$19.97M – $52.65M
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Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($1.21M/month · $14.52M/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
55/100
Opportunity
65/100
Cloneability
$0
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- subscription paywall (~$3.85/mo) - proven monetization
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- faster onboarding · clearer pricing page · richer empty-state
🛠 MVP scope
- core feature loop
- subscription gating
- free-tier limits
- trial period
- analytics
💰 Pricing recommendation
Plague Inc. is at $3.85/mo. Consider going slightly lower with a longer free trial (14 days) to win price-aware users.
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📺 TikTok / ad hook angles
- "I tried Plague Inc. for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why Plague Inc. costs $3.85/mo when ours costs $2.31"
- "The simulation app Plague Inc. won't tell you these 3 things"
Monetization
Subscription (~$3.85/mo)Revenue mix (estimated)
- Subscriptions ~72%
- One-time IAP ~22%
- Ads ~6%
Paying users (est.)
130.9M installs · 1.7% active · 10.2% pay
In-App Purchases
- Sub Subscription tier $0.99/month
- Sub Subscription tier $14.99/month
Subscription tiers parsed from store description.
App Details
Pulled from Google Play- Current Version
- 1.24.3
- Released
- Oct 4, 2012
- Last Updated
- May 6, 2026
- Required OS
- 6.0
- Content Rating
- Everyone 10+
- Category
- Simulation
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Developer
- Ndemic Creations
What's new in v1.24.3
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Fun Numbers - share these
$0
every second
$28
every minute
$1.7K
every hour
$40.3K
every day
- ☕ Buys 8K $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 81 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 346 Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 11 seconds
12-Month Revenue Trajectory
Modeled from grossing rank, app score, and update cadence. Hover any point to see the value. Real growth depends on retention, marketing, and seasonality.
Total Installs
130.9M
Reported: 100,000,000+
Active Users (MAU est.)
2.2M
1.7% of installs · default benchmark · cumulative-install decay × 0.14
Rating
4.73 ★
209K reviews
Monetization
Subscription (~$3.85/mo)
IAP: $0.99 - $14.99 per item
Rating Distribution
5★
3.3M
4★
460K
3★
127K
2★
26K
1★
74K
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Frequently Asked About Plague Inc.
How much money does Plague Inc. make on Google Play? ⌄
Plague Inc. has an estimated Play Store revenue of $1.21M per month (~$14.52M per year, $40.3K per day) with a likely range of $665.6K to $1.75M. This sums earnings from in-app purchases, subscription revenue, ad monetization and any paid downloads on Google Play - directional estimates from public signals only.
How many Play Store downloads does Plague Inc. get? ⌄
Google Play publishes install ranges (e.g. 1M+, 10M+, 100M+). Plague Inc. reports 100,000,000+ installs. Rev.now combines that range with ratings, reviews, grossing rank and category trends to estimate roughly 130.9M total downloads and 2.2M monthly active users on Android.
Is Plague Inc. a top grossing Android app and what is its Play Store rank? ⌄
Plague Inc. is analyzed using Google Play grossing rank, category ranking, install range, ratings velocity, monetization model (subscription revenue, in-app purchases, paid downloads) and ad-revenue signals. Compare it to other highest-grossing Android apps on the Play Store leaderboard.
How is Plague Inc. Play Store revenue estimated? ⌄
Rev.now estimates Plague Inc. Play Store revenue from public app data: Google Play download ranges, monthly active users (MAU), Android paying-user conversion, scraped subscription pricing, in-app purchase ranges ($0.99 - $14.99 per item), ad monetization (eCPM × impressions × MAU) and the Simulation category ARPU benchmark - net of Google's 15-30% Play Store cut.
What in-app purchases and subscriptions does Plague Inc. offer on Android? ⌄
Plague Inc. offers in-app purchases ($0.99 - $14.99 per item) on Google Play, which usually means subscription tiers (weekly, monthly, annual), virtual currency or one-time unlocks. Subscription revenue and IAP earnings are usually the biggest contributors to monthly Play Store revenue.
Can I compare Plague Inc. Play Store revenue with another Android app? ⌄
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